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Paul Starr

American political writer
Person human Q7153769

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
May 12, 1949
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
writer
Employer
Princeton University[5]
Educated at
Columbia University, Harvard University
Award received
Bancroft Prize, Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Guggenheim Fellowship[7][8][9]
Doctoral advisor
Daniel Bell[6]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Family name
Starr[12]
Given name
Paul, Elliot[13][14]
Participant in
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate[15]
Residence
Princeton[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Paul Elliot Starr en Paul Starr fa پل استار zh 保羅·斯塔爾
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000109337513
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2750-0000
VIAF cluster ID
24697894
Library of Congress authority ID
n82136222
GND ID
170312496
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
PaulStarr.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
188161
BIBSYS ID
90157354
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
StarrPaul1949-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121644107, 12455479r
C-SPAN person numeric ID
22305
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
22305
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11186620
CiNii Research ID
1981430859698215614
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
170312496
Freebase ID
/m/0g9lmg
Guggenheim fellows ID
paul-starr
IdRef ID
081202245
KBR person ID
13969804
Libraries Australia ID
36531515
Libris-URI
khw054233gwl8j1
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02552289
NL CR AUT ID
kup19960000094541
NUKAT ID
n97088254
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007300675505171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199626309
National Library of Latvia ID
000123687
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810616769505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069600147
Notable Names Database ID
939/000343907
Obálky knih ID
kup19960000094541
Open Library ID
OL615200A
Parsifal cluster ID
587012
Podchaser creator ID
107aDn73A9
RERO ID (legacy)
A003858704
SELIBR ID
325773
UOM ID
59563
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv8HJYQQYKDC7MFbXBVmd
Yale LUX ID
person/539db721-c31a-46d8-845e-9523e2cd5c7f

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Summary

Paul Starr was born on May 12, 1949[1], in New York City[2]. He has worked as a writer[3].

FAQs

Where was Paul Starr born?

Paul Starr's place of birth was New York City[2].

What did Paul Starr do for work?

Paul Starr worked as a writer[3].

What awards did Paul Starr receive?

Honors received include Bancroft Prize[7], Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[8], and Guggenheim Fellowship[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . library.columbia.edu. library.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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    Open Library ID → OL615200A
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    Wikidata description → American political writer
    NL CR AUT ID → kup19960000094541
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